A veritable procession of law enforcement officers appeared before Adams County District Judge John T. Bryan Friday as witnesses in a pretrial motions hearing preceding the first-degree murder trial of patricide suspect Kara Lounsbury.

    Adams County sheriff’s deputies and detectives gave testimony for much of the day regarding Lounsbury’s statements and demeanor following the discovery of the bodies of her father, Henry “Hap” Enander and his wife, Velva Sue Enander. The pair were found shot to death Jan. 15 by a neighbor concerned over their absence at a church gathering.

    At stake for Lounsbury is the admissibility of statements she gave the following day and in subsequent interviews with the police. In particular are some audio segments that were recorded separately from the video portion of an interview session.

    Defense attorney Chad Oxman argued that police should have ended their questioning of Lounsbury when she asked if they could “finish this tomorrow.” Detectives dismissed the request offering her food instead. Lounsbury continued to answer questions for an additional period of time.

    During the police testimony, several key points were raised, including consent to search Lounsbury’s home given by her husband, Stuart. During that search, detectives located ammunition for 9 mm and .40-caliber firearms in the basement of the home, and the box from the Glock 9 mm owned by Lounsbury in a bedroom closet.         Two days after the shooting, Lounsbury reported the gun stolen, telling detectives that the firearm had been missing more than a week.

    Also at issue was a photo lineup in which Lounsbury was reportedly identified by a good Samaritan who was awakened early on the morning of the killings to aid in changing a tire on Quail Run Road. The woman with the flat matched Lounsbury’s description and, according to the man, left Lounsbury’s business card saying that she “owed him lunch.” The defense is concerned with Lounsbury’s potentially prejudicial likeness in the photo, also reprinted in several newspapers and on television, in which she appears in prison garb.

    Judge Bryan declined to rule on the defense motions without additional review. He is expected to make decisions as early as this week.